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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Investigation into the Scale Shift of an Efficient Biodegradation Practice from Batch to Pilot Scale Continuous Feeding Mode
A significant challenge for cities is dealing with the increasing amounts of organic waste they produce. Municipal organizations have been compelled to establish innovative and effective systems for managing t...
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Mobility and risk assessment of heavy metals in benthic sediments using contamination factors, positive matrix factorisation (PMF) receptor model, and human health risk assessment
Metal pollution in benthic sediments was fractionated and modelled to quantify the risk of anthropogenic activities on river ecosystems. In this study, the individual contamination factor (ICF) and the global ...
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Biodegradation of an intrusive weed Parthenium hysterophorus through in-vessel composting technique: toxicity assessment and spectroscopic study
Parthenium hysterophorus is a toxic terrestrial weed with its erratic behavior brought on by the presence of toxic compounds. A numerous works have been conducted on the complete eradication of this weed, but due...
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Employing Multivariate Statistics as a Tool for Develo** Water Quality Index (WQI) for the Assessment of Water Quality of Deepor Beel, Assam, India
The rapid growth of population has led to intense urbanisation in the city of Guwahati, which has caused the water bodies in the city to deteriorate (both quality as well as quantity wise) to a substantial ext...
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Trend of Water Quality of a River Flowing through Densely Populated Area of Assam, India using Water Quality Index (WQI)
The north-eastern region of India is abundant in water supplies and is blessed with a network of rivers and lakes. Over the last decade, the rapid growth of the population, with the urbanization and industrial...
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Characterization of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater and its Toxicity Analysis using Vigna radiata
Globally, pulp and paper industry is an important industry, thus, creating lots of job opportunities; it also has a great impact on the country’s economy and growth. However, there is a great concern regarding...
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Geographic Information System-Based Appraisal of Groundwater Quality Index of the Dimoria Block, Assam, India
The Dimoria block of the state of Assam, India, has been taken up to appraise the groundwater quality index (GWQI) and to obtain the variability of the water quality parameters affecting the block’s groundwate...
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Discussion on the existing methodology of entropy-weights in water quality indexing and proposal for a modification of the expected conflicts
The present research focuses on addressing various ambiguities in the existing method of integrating information entropy and water quality, thereby presenting a novel approach for an entropy-weighted water qua...
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Influence of real and synthetic municipal solid waste leachates on consolidation and shear strength behaviour of bentonites
For safe disposal of wastes in landfills, compacted bentonite is recommended as bottom liners due to their significant cation exchange (CEC) and swelling capacity, low permeability and large specific surface a...
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Effects of Aeration During Pile Composting of Water Hyacinth Operated at Agitated, Passive and Forced Aerated Condition
The increasing invasion of water hyacinth is creating major environmental problems in water and after disposal also. Hence, composting of water hyacinth was studied for its degradation pattern. The effects of ...
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Potential degradation of hazardous dye Congo red by nano-metallic particles synthesized from the automobile shredder residue
This study was carried out on the degradation of Congo red (CR) in an aqueous solution by nano-metallic particles (NMPs). The NMPs were synthesized from the leachate of automobile shredder residue. Scanning el...
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Effect of lime on speciation of heavy metals during composting of water hyacinth
Composting is attractive and inexpensive method for treatment and biomass disposal of water hyacinth. However, the major disadvantage of water hyacinth composting is the high content of heavy metals in the fin...
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Carbon decomposition by inoculating Phanerochaete chrysosporium during drum composting of agricultural waste
The effect of Phanerochaete chrysosporium inoculation during drum composting of agricultural waste was performed at different composting stages. Three trials were carried out with (5:4:1) combination of vegetable...
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Stability Analysis of Dewatered Sludge of Pulp and Paper Mill During Vermicomposting
Earthworms have been successfully used in the vermicomposting of different organic residues to produce vermicompost. Therefore, three different earthworm species Eisenia fetida, Eudrilus eugeniae, Perionyx excava...
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Reduction of bioavailability and leachability of heavy metals during vermicomposting of water hyacinth
Vermicomposting of water hyacinth is a good alternative for the treatment of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and subsequentially, beneficial for agriculture purposes. The bioavailability and leachability of...
